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Internet of Things Infrastructure -

Sector Overview

• Over $1B invested

• With ~50 companies funded in last 12 months

• Most active funds:

Intel Capital (Arch Rock Corp, Arrayent, GainSpain, SIGFOX)

Draper Fisher Jurvetson (Neul, Ember, Zapier)

New Enterprise Associates (APX Labs, Arch Rock Corp, IFTTT)

Cisco Investments (Evrythng, Ayla Networks)

Andreessen Horowitz (Estimote, IFTTT)

Bessemer Venture Partners (Estimote, Zapier)

Sequoia Capital (KeenIO, Jasper)

Qualcomm Ventures (Aeris Communications, Macheen)



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CONNECTED DEVICE PLATFORMCONNECTIVITY HARDWARE

CONNECTIVITY HARDWARE PLATFORM

HARDWARE PLATFORM CLOUD SERVICE APP STORE

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Internet of Things Infrastructure - Landscape



Notable Companies across categories


SENSOR PLATFORMProvides sensors for different purposes (temperature, activity) along

with cloud service to access their data. Arch Rock Corp ($15M), Estimote ($3.4M), Variable Inc. ($3.4M), Relayr ($2.6M), Libelium

CONNECTED DEVICE PLATFORMOffers a cloud service to connect and manage different

compatible devices and a platform to develop and deploy apps on them. Green Wave System ($42M), Axeda

($22M), APX-Labs ($10M), ThingWorkx ($13M)Evrythng ($7M), Altuix ($2M)

CONNECTIVITY HARDWAREBuild kits that contain hardware

modules with sensors that connect and transmit data directly to the cloud. Ember ($118M), Control4 ($93M),

ioBridge, Seed Labs, Sensoplex

CONNECTIVITY HARDWARE PLATFORMDevelops hardware modules which connect to cloud service. Also offers a platform to build

and run apps on these devices (PaaS). Gain Spain ($113M), Electric Imp (23M), AlyaNetworks ($26M), Sparkio ($5M), Econais, HD-Wireless

HARDWARE PLATFORMDevelops hardware modules with raw board, processor to develop

connected devices on top of themlittleBits Electronics ($16M),

Tessel, Kontakt, Kyte Labs, Petasense

CLOUD SERVICEService that receives data from

connected devices and allows to manage and deploy these devices

Jasper ($209M), IFTTT ($40M), Macheen ($34.4M)

APP STOREEvercam ($667k)

Angelcam ($144k)

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$220M $160M

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Notable Funding rounds in last 7 months


SENSOR PLATFORM

CONNECTED DEVICE PLATFORM• $1m - Robin (Boston, 2011): Helps build triggers for physical &

digital interactions based on knowledge of a situation.• $10m - APX Labs (Herndon, 2010): Optical wearable

technology for industrial applications

CONNECTIVITY HARDWARE

CONNECTIVITY HARDWARE PLATFORM• $15m - Electric Imp (Los Altos, 2012): Connectivity through embedded hw & sw platform• $4.9m - Spark (Minneapolis, 2011): Wi-Fi development platform that creates internet-connected hw• $15m - Ayla Networks (Sunnyvale, 2010): A platform for hosting connected devices

HARDWARE PLATFORM

APP STORE• $0.2m - Angelcam (Mountain View,

2013): App-store for security cameras

CLOUD SERVICE• $2.3m - Weaved ( Palo Alto, 2006): Encrypted communication over the cloud• $30m - IFTTT (SF, 2010): Enables users to connect different web applications• $11m - Keen IO (SF, 2011): Cloud API for developers to build custom and white-labelled

analytics and data science features directly into their web, mobile, or IoT applications• Seed - ConnectHQ (Los Angeles, 2014): Data platform for internet of things• $50m - Jasper (Mountain View, 2005): Network connectivity platform for mobile IoT

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OTHERS• $3m - Helium (SF, 2013): Connectivity Protocol• $2m - Neura (Sunnyvale, 2012): Database Service• $5.5m - Hmicro (Los Altos, 2008): Processors• $17m - Ineda Systems (Santa Clara, 2011): Processors• $1.5m - Bastille Networks (Atlanta, 2014): Security• $7m - Evrything (London, 2011): Sensor Software Stack• $3m - Wit.ai ( Palo Alto, 2013): Voice Interface


Active funds & sub-sectors of investment

Intel Capital

DFJ NEA Cisco A16Z BVP SequoiaQualcommVentures

Opus Capital

Crunch Fund

CLOUD SERVICE Zapier IFTTT IFTTT ZapierJasperKeenIO

MacheenIFTTT

Weaved

CONNECTEDDEVICE PALTFORM

Arrayent APX Labs Evrythng Arrayent

CONNECTIVITY HWFibocomWireless

Ember

CONNECTIVITY HW PLATFORM

GainSpainAyla

NetworksGainSpain

HARDWAREPLATFORM

WiTricityEstimoteuBeam

Estimote uBeam

SENSOR PLATFORM

Arch Rock Arch Rock

OTHERS SIGFOX Neul Wit.ai Wit.aiAeris

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Jasper [2005, Mountain View] Jasper solutions are powering the Internet of Things across fifteen mobile operator

groups, 2,500 enterprises, millions of devices and 6 continents. Provides enterprise software suites for

connected devices and mobile Internet of Things. Powers Amazon Kindle and Sony PS Vita. Working on

connected car concept for GM, Nissan, Ford, VW, Tesla. Also enables devices in dozen industries over 5

continents. Winner of the 2013 GSMA Global Mobile Award for ‘Best Cloud Based Technology for Mobile’.

$205M AllianceBernstein, Sequoia

Capital, Bench, Temasek

IFTTT [2010, San Francisco] IFTTT is a service that lets user create powerful connections with one simple

statement: if this then that. IFTTT enables users to create and share "Recipes" that fit the statement: "if this

then that". The “this” part of a Recipe is called a Trigger. The “that” part of a Recipe is called an Action. The

combination of a Trigger and an Action from a user's active channels are called Recipes. Has connected

110+ channels. IFTTT for iPhone adds 3 exclusive channels: iOS Photos, Reminders and Contacts. An

Android version of the app was released on April 24, 2014.

$39M Lerer Ventures, Greylock

Partners, CrunchFund, Founder

Collective, SV Angel, Gunderson

Dettmer, NEA, FLOODGATE,

Betaworks, BoxGroup,

Andreessen Horowitz

Macheen [2010, Austin] Macheen develops a service platform designed to provide retailers and manufacturers internet

connectivity with laptop, tablets and other computing devices. It has developed a mobile cloud that provides

mobile broadband connectivity to just the applications the user needs for that device such as email,

entertainment, security, or specialized education apps allowing them to customize their connectivity without

having to buy a comprehensive data plan. Investors include Dell executive and tech investor Tom Meredith,

former Microsoft executive Mike Maples apart from Gem Ventures, Mercury Fund, North Bridge and

Qualcomm.

$34.4M Mercury Fund, North Bridge

Venture Partners, GEM Ventures,

Qualcomm

Keen IO [2011, San Francisco] Custom analytics backend for developers. Managed cloud API that lets developers

build complex, hyper-custom, large-scale analytics and data science features directly into their web, mobile,

or Internet of Things applications. Techstars Alum.

$14.5M Techstars, 500 Startups, Data

Collective, Galvanize, Cloud

Power Capital, Amplify Partners,

Rincon Venture, Pelion Venture,

XG Ventures, Sequoia Capital

Weaved [2006, Palo Alto] Weaved's technology provides a TCP level virtual private network (VPN), that provides an

encrypted peer-to-peer (P2P) connection. It works with any solution using the TCP/IP protocol and can

usually be added in minutes. Available for Windows, OSX, Android, IOS, Linux and various RTOSes. Their

solutions to Original Equipment Manufacturers(OEMs) like Philips, Cisco to connect devices to the Internet of

Things. More than 3.6M connections every month

$2.6M CrunchFund, Metamorphic

Ventures, Core Ventures Group,

TMT Investments, Alpine

Meridian, Inc., Double M

Partners, Ironfire Capital, Maxfield

Capital

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Berg [2005, London, United Kingdom] Cloud services for web-enabled devices. Provides a device API

for Arduino, Raspberry Pi and ARM MBED to control hardware and a cloud API to manage all

connected devices. First product was Little Printer, which receives and prints messages and feeds

from your smartphone. Also provides hardware with built-in connectivity.

$1.3M Connect Ventures, Initial

Capital, Index Ventures

Zapier [2011, Mountain View] Zapier is a service that syncs data between Web apps through triggers

and actions to automate tasks. Partners, including Salesforce, Intuit, Google, and Dropbox, utilize

Zapier to offer their customers integrations with over 280 apps. Zapier's Developer Platform

enables developers to add APIs for private or public use. IFTTT is consumer focussed but Zapier is

more Business focussed. Has 250+ application that are integrated using Zapier's technology.

Charges for pro plans according to syncing speed. Was part of YCombinator Summer 2012 batch.

$1.2M Y Combinator,

Bessemer Venture

Partners, Draper Fisher

Jurvetson (DFJ)

Etherios [2008, Dallas] Provides a device cloud to businesses to connect any device with open devices and

an open cloud connector. Also offers a product 'The Social Machine' for integration of device data

with enterprise's Salesforce. In addition, also gives strategy and consulting services for M2M and

design.

$750k

Supenta [2012, London, United Kingdom] Supenta provides a cloud-based NFC device management

system. This system facilitates service providers (e.g. private businesses, public agencies and

local authorities) to dynamically update, manage and provide up-to-date contents into the NFC tags

designed for each poster. Supenta facilitates decentralised data collection, data access and

information delivery from the NFC tags to the service provider to enhance user experiences and

increase marketing effectiveness. Super Enterprise Associates Ltd. (SUPENTA) is a London-based

startup.

$560k Technology Strategy

Board

OneFold [2013, San Francisco] OneFold is focused on analysing data generated by wearables. OneFold

uses a new architecture based on its proprietary cloud-based "DHQL" platform. It leverages recent

inflections in the price of storage and massively parallel cloud computing to deliver deep analytical

insights to organizations publishing wearable apps. OneFold has developed a unique approach to

transform, analyse and visualize the enormous amount of data coming from mobile and wearables.

$400k Studio 9+




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Exosite [2009, Minneapolis] Exosite’s data platform empowers companies to quickly prototype and

deploy their own Internet of Things solution using the web service APIs. It's system is architected

with product developers in mind, meaning it has a built-in framework that eliminates the

complexities of infrastructure and simplifies IoT development. Their Platform makes it easy for

product developers to create cloud-capable products. Texas Instruments recently released the

Connected LaunchPad Evaluation Kit which uses the Tiva C Series TM4C1294 microcontroller

and ships with Exosite application code already flashed onto the chip Has a office in Taiwan also.

$350k

Arynga [2012, San Diego] Arynga delivers innovative vehicle software management solutions to the

automotive industry. Their flagship product CarSync, is an efficient, and intelligent platform for

remotely updating and maintaining vehicle software and firmware. CarSync ensures the integrity

of embedded systems for the lifetime of the vehicle, reducing recall rates caused by software

glitches, and in effect, saves vehicle Original Equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and Tier One

suppliers time and money, while improving customer satisfaction. Arynga is headquartered in

San Diego, California, with engineering and R&D offices in Poland.

$250k

Evoz [2010, Los Altos] Evoz provides a software platform for the smart home, powering the connected

devices. Evoz powered devices such as Belkin Baby monitor is used as a on the go application

for baby monitoring such as track his sleep and measure when he cries and for how long.

$150k 500 Startups, David

Shen Ventures,

Initial:Capital

LitHouse [2014, San Jose] A cloud OS for the Internet of Things. Its solution manages the identity and

state of IoT devices in the home, and exposes those devices through uniform API's to enable

interoperability.

$25k Plug & Play Ventures

Beaconwatcher [2014, Tel Aviv, Israel] Beaconwatcher offers free and powerful solutions targeted at developers

and retailers, for building or adding iBeacon technology to their mobile apps. Solutions for

integration include complete cloud management platform, APIs and SDK for free. The cloud

management platform is a web-based tool for managing apps, sites, beacons, geofences,

notification campaigns, real time micro-location and analytics.

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Cloud of

Things

[2014, Airport City, Israel] Cloud of Things enables businesses to develop self-branded Internet of

Things solutions. The platform includes SDK's for endpoint devices, an insight-driven big-data cloud

backend and an engine that automatically generates source-code for mobile control applications. For

enterprises, Cloud of Things supports deployment of consumer IoT products in a secure enterprise

environment. The platform also includes a big data analytics module for analysis of the platform's

usage data.

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Waylay [2014, Ghent, Belgium] Waylay developed a cloud-based PaaS platform for IoT that supports

advanced decision making, automation, notification, proactive maintenance and troubleshooting use

cases. waylay's graphical modelling technology is based on Bayesian Networks. Enables smarter

real-time decisions, proactive monitoring and automation based on integration with existing line-of-

business applications. waylay's technology increases operational efficiency and leads to improved

customer service. Was incubated at iMinds accelerator. Has yet to release its product.

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LifeGate [2014, Verona, Italy] Cloud service for connected products. Consumers can connect and automate

their web-enabled devices and collect data from these things to understand and optimize them.

Supports devices from manufacturers - Jawbone, Belkin, Philips, Parrot, Withings, Fitbit.

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RealTime.io [2014, Marlborough] RealTime provides Cloud service for internet connected devices. RealTime's

server is a central connection point for remote devices, web/mobile clients, backend services and

system management tools. Realtime.io is a technology platform that enables easy development of

near real-time Internet-of-Things applications for developers and manufacturers.

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Beebotte [2014, Paris, France] Beebotte is an open cloud platform for Internet of Things and real-time

connected applications. Beebotte relieves Internet of Things application developers from

infrastructure and connectivity burden by providing an API and key building blocks offering device

management and connectivity, data collection, storage and intelligence, and, large number of data

visualization widgets.

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Octoblu [2013, Tempe] Octoblu's Meshblu allows any device using any protocol to connect to a single IoT platform

capable of discovering and messaging any other device. Meshblu allows discovery, control and management

of any API-based software application, any hardware or appliance or social media network and connect

devices that run many different protocols across a common platform. Octoblu's feature include: easy devices

and systems integration and coordination, process design using simple drag and drop user interface, event

control, real-time communication, advanced analysis, search and reporting tools. Octoblu enables companies

to create IoT services with secure real-time exchange of data across systems, people and physical devices.

Octoblu provides a management platform that enables users to create innovative IoT services.

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Resin.io [2013, Guildford, United Kingdom] Resin offers a scalable connected device code distribution service. By

taking care of the infrastructural details such as deployment, network security, monitoring, operating system,

cross-compilation etc. Resin allows developers to utilize their standard Javascript workflows to write apps for

Embedded devices. Currently supports node.js on RaspberryPi with support for all languages on Linux in

development. In private beta.

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Brivo Labs [2013, Bethesda] Brivo Labs is an Internet of Things company leading the emerging Social Access

Management trend. Using social identities, we are focused on developing applications that connect virtual

communities with physical spaces and devices. SAM is their API platform, a solution for Social Access

Management. SAM enables developers with the resources and tools to build mobile friendly apps to unlock

and open doors, receive notifications and obtain data and videos. MD, Brivo Labs is a business unit of Brivo

Systems LLC and leverages their core services. Brivo Systems LLC is a SaaS-based company that links

hundreds of thousands of remote devices to millions of users.

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XOBXOB [2013, Portland] Cloud service for any web-enabled device, creates small mailboxes (XOBs). Things can

send and receive messages through a XOB. By sharing XOBs, things can send messages to each other.

Founded by Ex-Microsoft User Experience Designer.

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TapWise [2011, Seattle] TapWise is a Seattle-based technology firm specialising in applied-NFC and custom

application development. Offers a platform which provides an integrated cloud-based ecosystem of NFC tag

management tools and services, allowing for ease of implementation and optimal utilisation of NFC. Provides

an Android nTag Manager application for users to manage tag content.

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Yaler [2011, Zurich, Switzerland] Provides a relay infrastructure for web and SSH access to embedded

systems even if they are behind a firewall. Works with any hardware with a TCP socket.

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Cycle30 [2010, Seattle] Cycle30 offers cloud management services that include device management,

connectivity and subscription management into a simple and seamless process. Cycle30 provides

two solutions. The first is an administrative portal to manage devices from manufacturing, to

provisioning for connectivity, as well as billing. The second offer consists of self-care portal for

customers for billing and device management. Analytics and diagnostics are available as well.

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Kii [2010, San Mateo] Kii provides a Mobile Backend-as-a-Service (MBaaS) for mobile app developers.

It also provides Venture Capital and Distribution and Monetization partnerships to help developers to

globally scale their businesses. Kii also offers an IoT cloud platform with API's for device inter-

communication, device management and monitoring. Customers for their IoT offering include

Softbank and Philips. Kii is the result of the merger of Synclore Corp. and Servo Software, Inc. in

July 2010. Based in Tokyo, Japan and Silicon Valley. Kii also has operations in Beijing China. Kii

Capital is a venture fund which invests into mobile applications.

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Pachube [2008, London, United Kingdom] Store, share & discover realtime sensor, energy and

environment data from objects, devices & buildings around the world. Pachube is a convenient,

secure & scalable platform that helps you connect to & build the ‘internet of things’

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Tellient [2014, San Diego] Tellient offers analytics for the Internet of Things. Tellient 's solution includes

support for unlimited users and data point with easily customizable visualization and platform

agnostic support. Leveraging these tools allows client's to better understand how their product are

used and drive future product development.

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ConnectHQ [2014, Los Angeles] ConnectHQ provides API for companies to manage, store and analyse the

data that has been collected from internet connected devices. Supplies a REST API that make it

easy to build internal applications and a suite of out-of-the-box integrations with third-party vendors.

Raised seed round from Crosscut Ventures.

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TempoIQ [2014, Chicago] TempoIQ is an analytics service that provides scalable monitoring of sensor data

from internet connected devices. TempoIQ provides an infrastructure for hardware/application

developers to build their consumer end applications, integrated with TempoIQ's sensor analytics

backend. Guarantees performance and security by providing a dedicated private cloud environment

managed by a team of experts. Sister company of TempoDB Inc.

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Mnubo [2012, Montreal, Canada] Offers a cloud big data analytics platforms for insights and intelligence

to connected object manufacturers. Also enables developers to build, deploy and manage data-rich

applications for connected devices.

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Sensegrow [2011, Gurgaon, India] Sensegrow's product ioEYE is a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) cloud

platform for connected assets, equipments and products. It acquires information from devices &

assets in real-time, stores it on a big data cloud, and then use this information for analysis to

improve business efficiencies. ioEYE paid service is available for small and medium businesses.

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Grove

Streams

[2011, Maple Grove] Provides a public API where 3rd party devices can upload data in real-time

while providing dashboard monitoring and notifications so that users and other devices

can act on it.

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DataToWeb [2008, Montreal, Canada] IoT Monitoring platform that allows individuals and organizations to collect

and analyze their time series data online. Platform-As-A-Service that enhances and adds new web

feature for sensors and transmitters manufacturers.

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Algo

Engines

[2012, Mumbai, India] Provider of M2M technology & sustainability performance management

solutions for wind turbines and solar plants. To manage big data generated by the sensors, offers

tools such as cloud-based infrastructure for scalability, reports, dashboards and KPIs to visualize the

data and machine learning models for predictive analytics and forecasting. Key components of its

solutions include forecasting, condition monitoring, solar & wind data analytics along with the tools

mentioned.

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Symplio [2010, Bilbao, Spain] Provides a number of services and tools facilitating companies with Internet-

connected products to manage them and integrate them into their business operation. Also develops

physical objects - Cyrcle and Rumble, that provide alerts and mobile based interface to interact on

the social network. Rymble awarded the best Internet of Things Consumer Product of 2011.

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Go Factory [2011, San Francisco] PaaS for the Internet of Everything. Connects sensors, devices, people, and

systems into solutions. Helps enterprises reduce development time by insulating developers from

complex mobile network management issues and providing plug & play, cloud-based application

services.

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DataToWeb [2008, Montreal, Canada] IoT Monitoring platform that allows individuals and organizations to collect

and analyze their time series data online. Platform-As-A-Service that enhances and adds new web

feature for sensors and transmitters manufacturers.

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Unifythings [2013, Boulder] Software service enabling interoperability among connected devices. For eg,

thermostat settings change when solar panels are activated.

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GreenWave

Reality

[2008, Irvine] Founded by a group of successful entrepreneurs. GreenWave’s Home2Cloud

platform allows its partners to confidently leverage the broad capabilities of Internet of Things and

Machine-to-Machine communications to create their own value-added managed services. In

addition, GreenWave offers its own award-winning services including Connected Lighting, Home

Monitoring and Energy Management. The company has customers that include leading service

providers, lighting manufacturers, and utilities. GreenWave Reality alos launched a high-tech

WiFi-enabled LED lighting system that allows consumers to easily control and automate lighting

through a handheld remote or smartphone. Has offices in Irvine, California; Copenhagen,

Denmark; and Singapore.

$41.3M Craton Equity Partners

Axeda [2000, Foxborough] Cloud-based service and software for managing connected products and

machines and implementing M2M/IoT applications. Service providers, manufacturers use the

Axeda Machine Cloud to turn machine data into valuable information, to build and run

applications, and to optimize business processes by integrating machine data.

$22M JMI Equity, Mitsui & Co

PubNub [2010, San Francisco] PubNub enables software developers to rapidly build and scale real-time

apps by providing the cloud infrastructure, connections and key building blocks for real-time

interactivity. Developers can build real-time apps like live dashboards and data streams, real-time

collaboration, 2nd screen synchronization and machine-to-machine signalling for any device.

PubNub powers 1000s of apps and streams more than 3M messages a second to over 200M

devices a month. Customers include Rebtel, Viggle, GetTaxi, Humble Bundle, StageIT, Spreecast

and Celly.

$15.5M Relay Ventures, Scale

Venture Partners

ThingWorx [2009, Downingtown] ThingWorx transforms application development for the the connected

world, allowing companies to achieve a step change in operational innovation and resource

efficiency. Acquired by PTC for $112M in December, 2013.

$13M Safeguard Scientifics

Arrayent [2002, Redwood City] Cloud platform that enables manufacturers, retailers, and service providers

to connect consumer products to web and smartphone applications. The platform consists of

firmware, a cloud which enables device virtualisation and acts as an OS, and a mobile framework

to build apps. Supports different protocols, including a proprietary one.

$12.6M Band of Angels, Opus

Capital, Intel Capital


Company list: Connected Devices Platform (1/10)


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APX Labs [2010, Herndon] APX Labs sells optical wearable technologies to the military for applications ranging

from connecting soldiers to unmanned arial vehicles to tele-medical applications for medics in the field.

Provides software platform Skylight SDK that companies use to create smart glasses applications.

APX Labs provides its API to Microsoft and SAP.

$10M NEA

Bug Labs [2006, New York] The Bug is a wireless product development platform, consisting of a collection of

easy-to-use, open source hardware modules, each capable of producing one or more Web services.

These modules snap together physically and the services connect together logically to enable users to

easily build, program and share innovative devices and applications. With Bug, businesses can take

advantage of a complete, integrated device development environment, enabling them to produce a

proof-of-concept with a rich ecosystem of hardware, software and web services - giving the power to

go from prototype to production twice as fast at half the cost.

$7.5M Union Square Ventures,

Spark Capital, Court

Square Ventures

Grid2Home [2007, San Diego] Grid2Home develops smart energy and home automation software for product

manufacturers. It offers wireless and wired network solution for smart meters, lighting controls, wireless

to wired bridges, in home displays, thermostats, water heater and pool pumps, load controllers, white

goods communications modules, solar and electric vehicle battery charger panel communications

modules. Its solutions create an upper layer that integrates a wired and wireless mesh, which is

managed as a single network. The company also provides consulting services for building applications

and business.

$7.05M Granite Ventures

SeeControl [2004, Redwood City] SaaS platform for businesses to easily connect, analyze, control and manage

remote products, things and assets. Offers a library of turnkey applications, vendor devices and

machine protocol connectors.

$5.12M Western Technology,

Wilson, Altos Ventures,

Stanford Management

DN2K [2011, Greenwood Village] DN2K has developed and offers a M2M SaaS solution that can help

government agencies, utilities, oil and gas producers, farmers and industrial operators monitor and

control remotely-located critical assets from different manufacturers. It takes large amounts of data

from sources throughout a business and turns that data into a visual information display accessible

from laptops, smart phones and tablets, regardless of platform, and can be shared with others in real-

time.

$4.19M




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Muzzley [2012, Lisbon, Portugal] Muzzley offers a developer’s platform - libraries & SDK's - and a cloud middleware

service that extends machine-to-machine connections to humans through their smart phones. The

smartphones, after pairing, transform themselves into context and then allow a seamless or predictive

interaction. Muzzley provides libraries for the most popular languages and platforms in the market.

$3.5M Espírito Santo

Ventures

XOEye

Technologies

[2010, Ann Arbor] Formerly known as the PairASight Project, which recently transitioned through re-brand.

XOEye Technologies is developing a wearable computing technology that captures video from a first person

point-of-view and streams the user's perspective live to anyone with internet access. The technology is B2B

focused, with applications and design being especially well-suited for manufacturing, industrial and

construction applications.

$3.2M

Open Garden [2011, San Francisco] Open Garden is a software-based mobile broadband network made of peer-to-peer

connections between devices including smartphones, tablets, laptops and wearables. Open Garden leverages

the density of these devices to create an OTT network. It is available as a free app for Android, Windows and

MacOS. Has 3M+ users worldwide. The user benefits are: a faster internet access, stronger coverage,

seamless connections and battery usage reduction. The company sells licenses and advanced versions of the

software to device manufacturers, mobile operators and corporations. "Awarded Most disruptive technology” at

TechCrunch Disrupt NYC 2012. Funded by Allan Green, David Ulevitch, Derek Parham and Digital Garage

$2M

Davra

Networks

[2010, Sunnyvale] Davra Networks developed an application enablement platform for the Internet of Things.

Davra Networks’ RuBAN platform is a customer cloud based application enablement platform that takes critical

data from the network and any connected devices or sensors and publishes it through open API making it easy

to build and run (IoT) applications. Has offices in Sunnyvale, California and in Dublin, Ireland.

$2M Delta Partners

Altiux [2013, Bangalore, India] Altiux M2M platform is a single horizontal “Converged Cloud Platform” for Internet of

Things - connecting users, devices, apps, processes, contents and services via user’s stationary and mobile

devices. The platform delivers what the smart homes, smart communities and smart enterprises desire to

provide in order to enhance productivity, operational efficiency, user experience and what the manufacturing

industry & telecom operators want to provide through open standards for convergence in telecom, wireless,

home automation, building automation, smart city automation and internet arena in order to enhance operation

efficiency and simplify consumer experience. Provides Altiux SDK for OEM developers to deploy

application/features on top of their devices. Has offices in Bangalore and Hyderabad, India. Acquired P-Device

in Aug 2014.

$2M BitChemy Ventures




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Candi

Controls

[2008, Lafayette] Candi Controls, Inc. (“Candi”) is an early stage Lafayette, California based

company. Candi’s cloud-based service connects energy companies, telecoms, MSOs and

manufacturers to the widest array of everyday devices in their customers’ homes and businesses.

They make machine-to-machine communications (M2M) and multi-system integration transparent

for businesses and their customers. Candi's API, Drivers and Interface Library link products,

protocols and relevant data over the web. Enables competitive advantages and compelling

interfaces to empower device control, monitoring, data acquisition and service, regardless of

platform, protocol, environment or manufacturer. Candi’s target market is service providers in the

energy and telecommunications/data industries, specifically utilities, telecoms, MSOs, and the

systems integrators and manufacturers associated with those industries. Geographic targets are

the Americas, Europe/UK and the Middle East, and developed Australasia.

$1.9M

Robin [2011, Boston] Provides a cloud based platform to connect devices, give each device an identity,

build, deploy and manage apps across them. Used for connected offices (employee perks) and

events. Software-first, hardware-agnostic.

$1.4M Atlas Venture, Deep

Fork Capital, BOLDstart

Ventures

People

Power

[2009, Palo Alto] Helps manufacturers and service providers control connected devices by

providing an analytics and connectivity platform in both mobile and cloud. Also, its smartphone app,

Presence, transforms spare iPhones, iPads, and iPods into wireless video cameras for monitoring.

Founders have significant experience in wireless and mobile domains. CEO - UCB.

$1.16M New Cycle Capital,

Greener Capital, Green

Capital Partners

Augmate [2010, New York City] Augmate offers a web platform for developers to build digital eyewear

applications that integrate with enterprise backend services and a variety of API plug-ins.

Customers include Toyota, Zoetis (Pfizer division). Hardware and software partners with Vuzix,

Epson, SAP. Raising funding on AngelList from Tim Draper and others.

$375k

Meshify [2012, Houston] Enables Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM’s) to convert existing devices

to internet-connected products controlled from the web/mobile apps. Industry applications include

remote tank monitoring, energy management systems (boilers, thermostats, temperature sensors),

pest control systems, water monitors, gas meters, manufacturing equipment. Founder has prev Oil

industry experience, studied at Georgia Tech

$305k




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Onion [2013, Boston] Provides Onion Cloud, which allows devices to interact with each other and with third-party web

services. It also enables devices to delegate computationally intensive tasks to the cloud. Also provides Onion

App SDK which makes it easy to build mobile & web applications to interact with the connected devices. Devices

are connected to the Onion cloud by using Onion Core which is a set of firmware libraries. Onion core supports

popular platforms such as the Arduino and RaspberryPi.

$118k Techstars

Altizon [2013, Pune, India] Altizon provides 'Aliot' appliances which help connect devices and send data to the their

'Datonis Platform' in a secure and scalable manner. Altizon's Datonis cloud platformis a device management

solution which helps aggregate data from sensor networks and make them available for processing. Has 15+

clients and early adopters in the SME sector in India. Altizon is looking to expand into the international market

with the Datonis platform as an OEM solution for global needs. Also looking into Retail, Healthcare and

Consumer Electronics space. Raised seed funding from Persistent Ventures (investment arm of Persistent

Systems), Infuse Ventures (investment arm of IIM Ahmedabad) and The Hive India (operated by Patni siblings).

$100k

Enteye [2013, Katowice, Poland] Enteye offers a cloud based data service for IoT devices. Features of their service

include: device agnostic, secure connections, easy device management via web browser, a message handling

service that is fast, secure and durable. Furthermore they also offer dashboard, time series and SMS services.

They have a free version for developers and all their code is open sourced.

$85k Innovation

Nest

Xaptum [2013, Chicago] Xaptum is a collection of messaging services with tokenized security, available as a cloud

computing platform for the "Internet of Things". It allows IoT devices to be authenticated, authorized and auto-

configured by full-duplex messaging over a single TCP connection. Xaptum is a reference implementation of the

GSS-API . Using their open source client libraries, clients can build scalable and secure deployment of their IoT

devices. Prices are based on number of messages per month. Bulk discount are available for high volume users.

Gadget-

Keeper

[2012, Ottawa, ON, Canada] Gadgetkeeper allows the client to rapidly create IoT solutions and easily integrate

their application with external IT systems through Gadgetkeeper's APIs, web services, and hands-free hosting

environment that automatically scales to meet demand. Features include: server-side Javascript, event handling,

event and time series storage, external service interaction and multiple communication protocol support.




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Apsima [2013, San Diego] Apsima is a fully featured platform offered as a service for connected apps developer.

Helps developers to focus on their core features and use Apsima's SDK to quickly add connectivity, rich

messages and mobile payments to their apps with ease. Apsima launched a social Presence SDK for app

developers to add proximity based social features to any mobile development.

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My N3RD [2014, Olathe] My N3RD make a control switch that can control every gadget, vehicle and appliance

connected with the internet. It works with the My N3RD app to upgrade any switch into a wireless controlled,

programmable, and automatic smart switch, updating all of devices into intelligent connected ones. The

switch contains WiFi so that it can directly be controlled using the smartphone requiring no router or an

internet connection. Successfully raised more than $100k on crowdfunding website Kickstarter in Feb 2014

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Technologies

[2013, Vienna, Austria] Flatout Technologies provides a cloud based service to businesses for home

automation and app deployment. Provides Flatcloud for anywhere access to devices at home. In the cloud

they provide a smart home operating system, FlatOS which is a centerpiece for every connected device. The

FlatOS is designed to handle a vast amount of connections and data. Due to its flexibility, various gateways

can be used to connect all sorts of devices. An application-programming interface (API) with full

documentation is provided for app developers. Through apps one can use devices to their fullest potential. For

example, a simple motion sensor normally used for turning on the lights could also be used as an effective and

cost efficient security system. The FlatStore is an online marketplace designed to guide customers with ease

to smarten up their homes. It offers packages and devices, upgrades with apps and professional service

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TheThings [2013, Barcelona, Spain] theThings.IO is the Internet of Things social network. With theThings.IO, users can

manage, interact and reprogram all of their Internet of Things devices efficiently and with an homogeneous

experience.

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Masterloop [2013, Stavanger, Norway] Masterloop provides libraries that are compatible with popular hardware

devices(audrino, raspberry pi) and a cloud service to connect these devices to each other and the web. Users

can write applications on top of it to make all the devices run in a system. They also provide a price tagged

Masterloop Pro service with features such that all devices get a single, common API, making it easier to

develop specialised applications.

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Lelylan [2012, Milan, Italy] Lelylan provides a platform for developers to use their cloud service and

build & deploy application on them. For the same Lelylan provides a RESTful API. Provides white

label dashboard for businesses serving mobile as well as web based applications. Has rasised

over $15k on Indiegogo, a crowdfunding platform.

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Domothings [2012, Barcelona, Spain] Provides an open platform to connect, manage and control any device

connected to the Internet. Integrated with Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Android/iOS phones for

automation.

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Cumulocity [2012, Düsseldorf, Germany] M2M spin off of Nokia Siemens Networks. Platform to connect

any device, control and manage their data and build apps on them.

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Linkafy [2012, Stockholm, Sweden] Allows product manufacturers to deliver control and monitoring of

their home appliances to their customers from their smartphone, for any platform.

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Carriots [2011, Madrid, Spain] Carriots is the spin-off of Wairbut's M2M (Machine to Machine) division.

Enabeles to make smart-objects by just connecting them to Carriots and build applications for

them.

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Smartapps [2010, Itajuba, Brazil] Cloud platform that allows to connect hardware to the cloud, integrate

between data, embedded devices, sensors and also develop apps for them. Provides an API,

based on HTTP and WebSocket to connect any internet enabled thing to its cloud.

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TelemetryWeb [2010, Minneapolis] TelemetryWeb's cloud based software platform allows device

manufacturers to develop custom applications to power internet enabled devices. By utilizing

TelemetryWeb, manufacturers are able to deliver a custom product to their customers without the

cost or development time required by an internally developed solution. Its core design allows for

the delivery of a totally custom end user interface without making any changes to the underlying

platform. Their one of the product AgSphere helps manufacturers of agriculture technology build

solutions that harvest data from the farm. With AgSphere, agricultural technology manufacturers

can build web-connected solutions that increase margins, reduce risk, and improve efficiencies

for farmers.

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Intentionis [2009, San Francisco] Intentionis offers software solutions for mobile devices to help stream sensory

data to the cloud. Using their propriety “Sensotweet” technology, they enable M2M communication for the

emerging Internet-of-Things. Their innovative SDK focuses on leveraging sensors to the benefit of app

and web developers. Sensor values are securely stored in their scalable cloud IT infrastructure. Provides

an easy-to-use platform-independent query interface to retrieve sensor values and drive key statics.

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Systems

[2009, Rotterdam, Netherlands] Cloud-based platform for storing and processing large amounts of

sensor data. Allows users to connect any kind of sensing device, or collect data from public sensor feeds

to enrich applications for connected devices.

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Xively [2008, Boston] Xively is a platform devoted to simplifying the interconnection of devices and data with

applications on the Internet of Things. By providing necessary resources, Xively helps developers and

builders easily create, prototype, build, pilot and deploy their Internet connected product. Offers platform

to manage devices and their data which are connected to the web.

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Springworks [2007, Stockholm, Sweden] Springworks is a technology partner specializing in M2M and mobile

solutions. The Springworks M2H Platform Springworks has experience from working with the automotive

industry since 2010 and has played a major role in creating sustainable world class M2H solutions.

Springworks has been working as a production partner in the Volvo On Call project and has, based on

that experience, created its own state of the art M2H platform. They have built large online gaming

platforms with transactions in 12 currencies, integrations with 40 gaming operators and over 100,000

simultaneous users. The very same team has delivered more than 50 different games and managed

projects ranging from 1-75 team members and budgets up to $110 million.

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2lemetry [2011, Denver] Provides a middleware and development layer for companies looking to connect device

data with core enterprise decision making systems such as CRM, supply chain management, QA and

service. Founder, CEO - worked on cloud migrations at Google, Force.com

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Zegg [2014, Atlanta] Zegg is a communications Platform as a Service (PaaS) for all internet connected

embedded devices. Zegg makes it simple to build, manage, and control connected devices, allowing

developers to focus on innovations rather than infrastructure. Zegg provides pre built libraries and API to

connect any device to the internet. These libraries are software stack for developers to make sensors act

as they are needed.

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Yourit [2013, San Jose] Yourit is an online service and API that offers social network like convention for

managing and configuring IoT devices on a cloud network. They offer a flexible and secure architecture

for device connection and management. Developers can also incorporate authorized external data into

their applications.

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Link Labs [2013, Annapolis] Link Labs offers gateways for Internet of Things and Machine to Machine (M2M)

communications. Their solutions are based on their own RF solutions operating o then 915 MHz

spectrum. They claim a best case range of up to 11,000 m in communication range. They offer multi-

channel gateways, transceiver development kits or just the transceiver modules with simple interfaces.

They also offer consultancy solutions that range from design, implementation, management and complete

end to end solutions.

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Concirrus [2012, London, United Kingdom] Concirrus offers a cloud based data management platform for IoT

devices. Built on Microsoft's Azure cloud platform, Concirrus' cloud platform allows any data or device to

connect to its platform. After the data has been uploaded it can be processed and delivered in any form

required, with configurable actions such as alert generation via email or text. The platform is secure

(ISO/IEC 27001:2005 Audit and Certification), can be upgraded and is scalable. It is based on an open

standard with support for CRM and traditional packages such as SAP.

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Waygum [2013, Dublin] Waygum offers the first end-to-end Mobile App Platform uniquely focused on the Internet

of Industrial Things. Waygum is at the intersection of Mobile & IOIT, and offers an Enterprise Grade

Mobile App Platform uniquely focused on providing the last mile mobile-app-services-layer to the

Industrial-Internet platform. Booked about $100K with Siemens and are in NRE/Customer deals with three

other M2M platform ecosystem.

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P-Device

Systems

[2011, Bangalore, India] P-Device Systems is a Converged Cloud technology company and provides

Internet of Things (IoT) cloud middleware for supporting applications such as smart communities and smart

enterprises (SME). P-Device Systems aims to connect things, apps and people to improve operational

efficiency and simplify consumer experience. It aims to help SMB and enterprises to reduce their costs

using Secure Converged Cloud Platform that supports virtual connectors for stationary and mobile devices.

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Oceanleap [2013, Santa Clara] Oceanleap offers an integrated cloud platform that allows developers to easily create

apps that target multiple wearable platforms while allowing most of the back-end code to remain the same.

By using Oceanleap's REST API, developers can utilize features like: use any programming language to

interact with data on the cloud, use web servers to show data from the cloud anywhere and download data

to run custom analytics. Oceanleap also partner's with companies to pre-integrate their platform API with

their sensor or MCU output, giving developers a choice for selecting a fully integrated solution.

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Strap [2014, Cincinnati] Strap is a Real-Time Wearable analytics platform. Building support for Pebble, Galaxy

Gear 2, Android Wear, and Google Glass. The company’s first products include StrapKit, a cross platform

SDK to create native applications for wearables, and Strap Metrics, which provides analytics tools for

developers. Was incubated at Brandery, accelerator.

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Ember [2001, Irvine] Ember’s mission is to be the leading provider of wireless sensor and control network

technologies that enable dramatic energy efficiency improvements for businesses, homes, and the utilities

that serve them. Ember is the platform of choice for OEMs developing ZigBee networking into their

products. The Ember ZigBee platform is the most integrated, complete and feature rich ZigBee solution

available — a single-chip, high-performance 2.4 GHz ZigBee transceiver and ARM Cortex-M3 processor

integrated with the most reliable, scalable and advanced ZigBee PRO software and supported by best-in-

class development tools.

$118M Wellington Partners, WestLB

Mellon Asset Management,

GrandBanks Capital, Vulcan,

Inc., Draper Fisher Jurvetson

(DFJ), Chevron Technology

Ventures, Polaris Partners,

RRE Ventures, DFJ ePlanet

Ventures, New Atlantic

Ventures

Control4 [2003, Salt Lake City] Control4 Corporation manufactures wired and wireless home automation products

in the United States. It offers software and hardware products, which enable home theater and television,

multi-room music, lighting, temperature, and security control through a range of in-home and over-the-Web

remote control technology. The company’s products include wireless dimmers and switches, speakers,

multi tuners, multi channel amplifiers, audio matrix switches, video switchers, and home entertainment and

control systems. It also offers wireless thermostats, touch screens, keypads, controllers, contact/relay

extenders, and system remote controls. Control4 Corporation has a strategic relationship with APOGEE

Interactive.

$93M Frazier Technology Ventures,

Foundation Capital, Thomas

Weisel Venture Partners,

vSpring Capital, University

Venture Fund, Mercato

Partners, GSV Capital

Seed Labs [2014, Krakow, Poland] Seedlab offers complete plug & play solutions that turn any new or existing

device into a native citizen of the Internet of Things. Bluetooth enabled. Has built a small chip that can

go into any appliance. Chip-enabled devices will then show up automatically on phones that are

compatible with Bluetooth Smart, allowing consumer to control any device. The company will license the

chip to appliance makers and creates their software in Krakow.

$1M

GoToTags [2011, Seattle] Gtotags offers NFC tag hardware and software solutions. Their solutions include a free

Windows application for tag configuration and creation, NFC tag encoding software and a reel based

hardware encoder. They also have an online management platform with analytics. Partners include NXP,

Zebra Technologies and Smartrac.

$100k

Yeelink [2013, Qingdao, China] Offers hardware and cloud platform to connect devices to the Internet, check their

status and control them from the web or mobile devices. Incubated at haxlr8r.

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Linor

Technology

[2012, Winston] Linor offers relay boards that allow web based automation and data acquisition.

Their boards can be integrated and then used for automation in a variety of devices such as HVAC,

lighting, pumps, garage door etc. The relay boards are based on a TCP/IP stack and can monitor

temperature, humidity, power, flood/water, room entry etc and support device scheduling. Updates

are sent to the companion app (iOS and Android). Manufacturing is done in house allowing custom

or semi-custom solutions for both the hardware and software stack.

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DADO Labs [2013, Portland] Offers scalable embedded hardware, proprietary control/monitoring algorithms,

and security features. Its mobile application allows users to monitor and control each appliance,

users receive push notifications when tasks are complete. Also a smart platform that learns user

behaviors and optimizes routine tasks. Founding team - ex-Digital Blue, Georgia Tech. Currently in

stealth mode.

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NimbeLink [2013, Rochester, United Kingdom] NimbeLink specializes in applications that require cellular

integration. Their product Skywire is the industry's smallest, pre-certified, embedded cellular

modems designed specifcally for OEM applications. NimbeLink technology provides business

owners an easy-to-use, off-the-shelf alert, monitoring and control solutions that run independent of

existing IT infrastructure and do not need to be installed by a technician.

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Wisense [2013, Bangalore, India] Wisense.in provides hardware and software to enable wireless testbeds,

prototype applications and commercial solutions. Wisense provides the necessary hardware and

software required to prototype Internet of Things(IoT) related products or solutions. WiSense’s

primary offering is a wireless sensor networking development kit which includes both hardware

(wireless sensor nodes) and software. Founded by two industry veterans with experience in wireless

networking.

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Sensoplex [2012, Palo Alto] Sensoplex enables customers to define, design & produce smart wireless sensing

products for fitness & wellness wearable applications. It has developed a hardware module

containing low Bluetooth energy connectivity, USB charging and data connectivity, Flash memory,

and a choice of processing power & sensors. Sensors include gyroscopes, accelerometers,

compass, pressure & temperature sensors.

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Thingsquare [2012, Stockholm, Sweden] Sells firmware and backend solutions for Internet of Things

products. Its backend cloud is available both as a licensed behind-your-firewall version and as

a cloud hosted option. Founder-CEO - Adam Dunkels, founded IoT OS Contiki; author or uIP

and IwIP, IoT textbook author and written 80+ scientific papers on IoT technology.

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Systems

[2011, Austin] Open source, low power wireless platform from the hardware pin up to the

web. Sapphire combines flexible low cost hardware, a lightweight but powerful embedded

operating system, and network connectivity tools. Didnt reach funding goal on Kickstarter in

June 2013.

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Wovyn [2011, Salt Lake City] Develops sensors and sensor gateways which connect to an open

platform where one can monitor, receive notifications and view charts. Mentioned it is

planning to open its API for developers. Wovyn Emitters are hardware devices that allow

sensors to emit standard REST Webhooks, and control of relays, etc. using standard Web

Services APIs.

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ioBridge [2008, Marlborough] IoBridge provides all necessary components to web-enable things

using sensors and actuators and web dashboards and mobile apps to control and manage

the devices. Offers solutions for manufacturers to connect their devices to the web. Also has

a open-source project, Thingspeak, a software platform to connect sensors and monitor the

data generated by them over internet

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Yanzi [2007, Kista, Sweden] Provides a gateway along with hardware products, which connect to a

cloud service. Also provides API's to user's phone/tablet to monitor and interact with the

devices.

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TST [2007, Santander, Spain] TST is a system integrator that develops customized wireless solutions.

They offer wireless development boards as well as control systems for lighting control, waste level

motoring, industrial automation and logistics. Key projects include Logistics (San Sebastian's and

Sabadell's Hospital), Lighting control (Bilbao and Santander harbor) and Water meter reading

(Santander harbor).

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Fibocom

Wireless

[1999, Shenzhen, China] Fibocom Wireless is a Chinese machine-to-machine (M2M) and LBS

solution provider. They independently design, develop and manufacture wireless modules which

enable industrial equipment, vehicles and other assets to securely communicate. Their offerings

include 2G, 3G, GPS Receivers and LBS Solutions. On October 22nd 2014, Intel Capital invested

a total of $28M across five Chinese companies including Fibocom Wireless.

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[2010, Cary] Connected Development provides hardware, software and validation engineering

services to companies seeking to develop and market new wirelessly connected devices.

Connected development offers solutions that range from end to end as well as specific design or

certification services . Their solutions include: hardware development of wireless solutions as well

as the software such as custom firmware and application development. Furthermore they also

help with certification and performance testing and offer manufacturing and production expertise

as well.

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Yuktix [2013, Bangalore, India] Yuktix provides solutions to view and control remote devices deployed

over a large area through its sensors and devices. Yuktix cloud aids to collect and analyze data

from a large number of devices deployed in field. Its product, data logger is an electronic device

that records data over time with inbuilt sensors or via external instruments which can be stored on

a secure digital card or sent immediately over the network to a central server. It can send

commands to remote devices via SMS, ethernet, wi-Fi or GPRS. The commands are delivered as

a bencode dictionary making it user friendly to add new commands.

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Riptide IO [2012, Santa Barbara] Offers a device integration platform (BrightEdge) to enterprises for device

management and data streaming to its cloud, BrightWorks. BrightWorks provides data storage,

analysis and visualisation optimized for sensors and devices.

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GainSpan [2006, San Jose] GainSpan is a leading low power embedded Wi-Fi solutions company focused

on connecting things wirelessly to the Internet. Their embedded Wi-Fi chips and modules make it

possible to quickly and easily add Wi-Fi to devices, through a serial interface to a device

microcontroller. GainSpan's chip handles all Wi-Fi functionalities, networking and security stacks,

accelerating wireless device development cycles. Unlike traditional Wi-Fi, GainSpan Wi-Fi is ultra

low in power.

$113M Sigma Partners, OVP Venture

Partners, New Venture

Partners, Intel Capital, Opus

Capital, CampVentures, In-Q-

Tel, Hatteras Funds, Mobile

Internet Capital, Inc., Zebra

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Ayla

Networks

[2010, Sunnyvale] Provides a platform to connect devices to the internet and deploy them. Their

embedded agents help connect devices to the Ayla Cloud Services, where user can monitor and

manage these devices. Also gives developer portal and application libraries to create apps to

control these devices. Co-founder - ex-Amazon Lab 126 Team Member

$25.4M Voyager Capital, Crosslink

Capital, Cisco, SAIF Partners

Electric Imp [2012, Los Altos] End-to-end platform to connect any device to the internet and monitor, control

and build apps on them. Starts with the imp, a Wifi module and processor which connects the

device to the Imp Cloud, the central hub to all devices. Also provides an open API to build

enhancements on these devices and an Ops console to maintain latest software and push new

code. Used by developers and organizations like Quirky & GE, Budweiser, Lockitron.

$22.9M Redpoint Ventures, Lowercase

Capital, Foxconn

Spark [2011, Minneapolis] Spark is a platform for the Internet of Things. Their first product, the Spark

Core, is a small Wi-Fi development kit that helps engineers, designers and Makers for developing

a connected hardware product. The Spark Core connects to the Spark Cloud, a cloud platform that

provides a development environment, global access, and a REST API for all Spark-powered

products. The Spark Core launched on Kickstarter in May 2013, raising $567K. Has thousands of

developers creating products on their platform. Part of HAXLR8R 2013 batch. Raised Series A

round to develop an IoT OS called Spark OS, which allows developers to integrate their projects

with an open-source OS compatible with iOS and Android.

$4.9M Lion Wells Capital, O'Reilly

AlphaTech Ventures,

SOSventures, Collaborative

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H&D

Wireless

[2009, Kista, Sweden] H&D Wireless enables wireless sensor and multimedia data access to the

Internet in a cost effective way. H&D Wireless solutions are used in a wide range of applications

ranging from smart energy meters for CleanTech to streaming data for Digital Media. The

technology is a Wi-Fi system solution that offers Ultra low power, small size and low cost.

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Ombitron [2013, Seattle] Ombitron creates hardware and software solutions specifically for Machine to

Machine (M2M) market. Ombitron specialises in cellular gateways combined with cloud based

software to provide a fully managed wireless transport system. Provides a powerful cellular

gateway powered with ARM processor and a device performance management client & cloud

based service that ensures remote wireless devices are functioning properly and application

data is reliably and securely transmitted.

$257k

eConais [2008, San Jose] Econais is a global innovation leader in embedded Wi-Fi system solutions.

Econais’ turn-key Wi-Fi modules with embedded application software provides customers the

ability to leverage the features of Wi-Fi to create ultra low power connected products for

healthcare, smart energy and control/monitoring in industrial, commercial and residential

markets.

$100k Odyssey Venture Partners

Mesh [2013, New York City] Mesh offers a low-cost, low-power chip for IoT communication. The

platform features an operating system running on the chip itself, allowing multiple applications

to run simultaneously with OTA support for application or framework updates. It also creates

its own fully ad-hoc mesh network communication network with fault tolerance. In addition the

devices are power efficient, secure, and economical. Further updates intend to add features

targeted towards developers and enterprise.

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Eikon [2010, Rome, Italy] Openpicus offers IoT and M2M wireless solutions based on three

communication standards (Wi-Fi, GSM) as well as a variety of plug and play sensors. They

also offer consolidated IoT based around any one of the communication standards. Benefits

include a complete TCP/IP stack, FTP support, OTA firmware upgrade support, SNTP, SMTP,

libraries for all sensors, sensor plug and play support and the boards come pre-certified.

Libraries also exist for JSON parsing, cloud services, MQTT and external FAT32 on an SD

card.

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ReelyActive [2012, Montreal, Canada] Sells radio-sensor reels and a cloud service that can identify any

wireless device, its location and transfer data to and from it. Cloud also has an API to build

web apps on the radio devices.

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K2-Inc [2012, Lucerne Valley] K2-Inc provides a "K2 Core" cloud platform for internet connected

devices which allows for rapid application deployment. This K2 Core nscommunicates with the

connected device and Sensor Networks via the K2 Controller, through a well-defined RESTful API

suite. This allows the K2 Core to communicate with any Controller or Gateway that supports

REST APIs. The K2 core provides inbuilt data analytics for charts, graphs, counters and dials.

Has an office in Pune, India also.

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Pinoccio [2012, Ann Arbor] Pinoccio is built on open source hardware and software. Gives all the files and

data sheets needed to build Pinoccio, or integrate it into a project. Platform to build wireless web-

enabled projects. Pinoccio Scouts are pocket-sized microcontrollers that run on rechargeable

batteries. Scouts talk to each other via built-in mesh radios. One Lead Scout connects an entire

Troop of Scouts up to the Web via WiFi. The Pinoccio API and web app can be used to deploy

these devices. Raised $107K through crowdfunding.

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Xsilon [2008, London, United Kingdom] Xsilon's Hanadu is a connectivity evaluation kit for in-home

M2M connectivity. The HAN9000 CEK enables M2M solution for developers, hardware vendors

and service providers. The Hanadu technology supports mainstream networking standards such

as IPv6, 6LowPAN, Weightless, Bluetooth LE, Z-Wave and ZigBee profiles including HAP and

ZSE. The technology works as the sole connectivity solution within a home, or with other wireless

or wired solutions in single network architecture and comes with radically lower power

consumption than legacy approaches. Its small form factor enables integration into the smallest

of devices.

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SIGFOX $32.1M Intel Capital, Elaia Partners, Partech

Ventures, IDINVEST Partners,

Bpifrance

Neul $23M DFJ Esprit, IQ Capital Partners,

Cambridge Business Angels, DFJ

enModus $3.63M Andromeda Capital, Finance Wales

Helium $2.85M SV Angel, Slow Ventures, FirstMark

Capital, Digital Garage

iota Computing $2.33M

Iotera $300k -

Plegma Labs $150k -

UbiquiOS - -

Fusion Wireless - -

Iotera - -

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Company list: Others

SpaceCurve $26.9M Divergent Ventures, Reed Elsevier

Ventures, Musea Ventures, Triage

Ventures

Cyberlightning $4.2M Inventure Oy, Tekes

TempoDB $4.07M Techstars, Data Collective, Hyde

Park Venture Partners, Chicago

Ventures, Divergent Ventures

Neura $2.2M UpWest Labs, Pitango Venture

Capital, TriplePoint Capital,

Greenhouse Capital Partners

Thingful $2.33M -

Sensefinity - -

1248 Limited - -

Ubidots - -

ThingSpeak - -

Sensefinity - -

Connectivity Protocol Database Services

Yetu $8M KfW

Zonoff $3.8M Valhalla Partners, Grotech Ventures

CastleOS $100k

Solidmation $25k NXTP Labs

Zenodys

Hub

Evercam $667k Enterprise Ireland

Robot App Store $250k Grishin Robotics

Angelcam $144k 500 Startups

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